Balloon Party

MicroWorlds

To start, open MicroWorlds

#1: Draw a balloon

#2: Save it as a shape, 3 times

#3: Hatch 3 turtles + give them balloon shapes

#4: Set the turtle's OnClick rule to

                                                                  (Forever!)

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Right click → Open Backpack

#5: Test + experiment

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Change speeds:

Give each turtle a different fraction (or decimal) after

What's faster?                                  or                          ?

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Click each balloon and watch them float!

Click them again to make them stop.

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#6: Make a slider for changing balloon size

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#6: Add a "float" procedure

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to float
 everyone [clickon]
 forever [everyone [setsize size?]]
end

 
(a variable that is controlled
by the size? slider)
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#7: Add a "float" button

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yay

w00t

uh huh

balloon party!

Congrats, you did it!